Page Turners 2020

$325.00 raised

GOAL: $5,000.00

$5,000 = 500 books received by students in need

SCV Education Foundation is currently raising $5,000 to give junior high students to help in starting to build their own personal libraries and cultivate their literacy skills. SCV Education Foundation will match up to $3,500 of donations in order to achieve our $7,000 fundraising goal for Page Turners 2020.

The foundation chose to work with socioeconomically disadvantaged junior high schools because:

Children from low-socioeconomic families are less likely to have experiences that encourage the development of fundamental skills of reading acquisition.

Children’s initial reading competency is correlated with the home literacy environment.

Children from low-socioeconomic status families enter high school with average literacy skills five years behind those of high-income students.

The foundation is looking to continue the Page Turner program into a Title 1 school where approximately 31% of junior high students are falling behind the targeted reading level. By allowing students to start their own library with age-appropriate books it encourages a literacy environment at home and motivates them to read and improve their literacy skills.

$10 = a book in 1 student’s personal library

Thank you for being a part of this movement. By joining forces to give generously, we can make huge strides for education.